We are trying to find the most environmentally friendly way to sell plants, so avoiding single use plastics and going for re -use options wherever possible. So far we have set up a plant pot exchange at Belper Community Hall (Hooray!), which anyone can deposit or collect plant pots from. We hope to use as … Continue reading The problem with packaging…
Journal
Daubenton’s Perennial Kale
Kale, the super food of millennials. Also popular with sheep. And rightly so! Kale is a nutritious green, packed with vitamins. It's particularly high in vitamin C and quite fittingly vitamin K! Another super thing about kale is that it's really easy to grow yourself. In my experience, all brassicas are easily grown from seed. … Continue reading Daubenton’s Perennial Kale
Bath time
Why am I so excited about getting a new, old bath? Well, for one it's 1980s turquoise! It doesn't look like much but hear me out Moreover, it can hold litres and litres of... Worms! We have multiple ways of making compost, to make sure we have healthy soil, feeding healthy plants. It also helps … Continue reading Bath time
Minutina aka Erba Stella
Minutina in foreground photographed 25.03.21. To the right is Feverfew. This minutina survived prolonged temperatures of -6 degrees C. Minutina is one of my new favourite edible perennials! It is apparently more popular and more widely known in Italy. Its latin name is Plantago coronopus. It is also known as Erba Stella and Bucks Horn … Continue reading Minutina aka Erba Stella
Compossibilities
With plentiful biological life in our soils, there are endless possibilities. In our gardens, with endless compost come endless possibilities! Many of an organic gardener's problems can be solved with more compost. Too many weeds competing with crops? Mulch with compost. Too dry? Add more compost. Not enough fertility? More compost. I could go on. … Continue reading Compossibilities
Earthed Up! 